Grantees
Every researcher funded by the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, with their program, institution and project.
Search all grants →2026 Grantees
Early Career Investigator GrantDuaa Al-Rawi, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Investigating the Role of Chromosomal Instability in Ovarian Cancer Initiation
Mentored Investigator GrantAreej Alsaafin, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Decoding the Early Immune and Genomic Alterations Driving HGSC Initiation
Mentored Investigator GrantAustin Arrigo, PhD
Magee-Womens Research Institute
Investigating the Role of VGF in Ovarian Cancer Quiescence and Treatment Resistance
Mentored Investigator GrantJaidev Bapat, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Enhancing Anti-tumor Response Through Regulation of Cancer-associated Fibroblasts in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantLaurel Berry, MD
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Leveraging Immunogenic Subtypes of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer for Improved Therapy Selection
Early Career Investigator GrantShrabanti Chowdhury, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Machine learning models to predict refractory responses in ovarian cancer
Health Equity Research GrantLindsay Collin, PhD
Emory University
Role of neighborhood socio-structural factors on the tumor epigenome and racial disparities
Mentored Investigator GrantChristina Curtin, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mechanisms of PARPi Resistance in BRCA1/2-associated High Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma
Mentored Investigator GrantKelsey Monson, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Deciphering Spatiotemporal T Cell Clonal Dynamics to Optimize Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer
Mentored Investigator GrantIkrame Naciri, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Targeting Cancer Stem Cell Vulnerability in Ovarian Cancer
AI Accelerator GrantLeigh Pearce, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan
AI to Predict Exceptional and Poor Survival From Real World Biomarkers for Clinical Application
Collaborative Research Development GrantErinn Rankin, PhD
Stanford University
Targeting EPOR Positive Tumor-Associated Macrophages in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Health Equity Research GrantMya Roberson, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assessing Inequities in Ovarian Cancer Access and Quality Using Big Data
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft's AI for Good LabAvinash Sahu, PhD
University of New Mexico
Ovarian Cancer Risk Reduction through AI-Driven Prediction of Variant Pathogenicity
Mentored Investigator GrantChunlei Shao, PhD
The Wistar Institute
Targeting IL1α/and Infiltrated Neutrophils to Kill Chemo-/and ICI-resistant Ovarian Tumor Metastases
Mentored Investigator GrantMichelle Swift, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
A Novel Function for BRCA1 E3 Ligase Activity in Regulating PARP Inhibitor Sensitivity in HGSOC
Early Career Investigator GrantKevin Tharp, PhD
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Removing fibrotic barriers to improve immunotherapy responses in ovarian cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantIgnacio Vazquez-Garcia, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Learning spatial determinants of treatment response in ovarian cancer
Collaborative Research Development GrantDmitriy Zamarin, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Targeting ovarian cancer control of the tumor microenvironment to enhance anti-tumor immunity
Collaborative Research Development GrantEmese Zsiros, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
First-in-human Folate Receptor alpha-targeted BiTE-secreting T cells ovarian cancer clinical trial
Early Career Investigator Grant
Early Career Investigator GrantRichard Adeyemi, DVM, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Synthetic Lethality of the Protexin and BRCA Complexes in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantMelica Brodeur, MD
Jewish General Hospital
Modulating Chromatin Remodeling as a Strategy to Reverse Immune Evasion in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantSridevi Challa, PhD
The University of Chicago
Targeting Ribosomal Function to Overcome Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantLaura Chambers, DO
The Ohio State University
The Impact of Gut Microbiome and Probiotics on Chemotherapy Response in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Early Career Investigator GrantJoshua Doloff, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Crystallized Drug, Biomaterial Delivery System for Treating Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantSammy Ferri-Borgogno, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
BRCA-deficient Ovarian Cancer and IFITM3: a New Power Couple
Early Career Investigator GrantErin George, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc
Evolutionarily informed therapies in recurrent ovarian cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantSarah Gitto, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
PARP-Targeted PET Imaging to Measure Response to PARP Inhibitor and Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantBrooke Howitt, MD
Stanford University
Identifying the Cell of Origin for High-Grade Serous Carcinoma
Early Career Investigator GrantXiaowen Hu, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Targeting Chromatin Modifiers to Treat Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantCharles Ishak, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Repetitive Elements as a Therapeutic Opportunity to Intercept Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma
Early Career Investigator GrantNicole James, PhD
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
The evaluation of amphiregulin as a novel immunomodulatory high grade serous ovarian cancer therapy
Early Career Investigator GrantJohn Krais, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Targeting RNF168-amplified ovarian cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantHaider Mahdi, MD
Magee-Womens Research Institute
Targeting CD47-SIRPa Axis to Overcome Therapy Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantNicole Marjon, MD, PhD
University of Colorado – Denver
Reprogramming the Ovarian Cancer Immune Microenvironment Via Inhibition of MDSC Recruitment
Early Career Investigator GrantBob McGray, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
BiTE-secreting T cells for Adoptive T cell Therapy in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantKyle Payne, PhD
Rutgers University
Mitochondrial Stress Impairs Protective T Cell Immunity in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantJasmine Plummer, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Chemopreventative Targets in BRCA1 Carrier Models with P53 Lesions
Early Career Investigator GrantRachael Turner, MD, PhD
University of Rochester
HE4 Directed Immunotherapy Resistance in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantPriyanka Verma, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Role of Chromatin on PARP Inhibitor Responses in BRCA-Mutant Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantYemin Wang, PhD
University of British Columbia
Investigating the role of SMARCA4/2 loss in undifferentiated ovarian cancer using novel mouse models
Early Career Investigator GrantYinu Wang, PhD
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Redox Balance Regulates Stemness-Associated Gene Transcription in Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantHaineng Xu, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Strategies to Exploit Genetic Alterations in Clear-Cell Ovarian Cancer
Early Career Investigator GrantChi Lam Au Yeung, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cancer-derived Exosomal miRNAs Modulate Ovarian Tumor Microenvironment
Mentored Investigator Grant
Mentored Investigator GrantMartins Ayoola-Adeola, MD
University of California – Los Angeles
Perioperative Nanotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
Mentored Investigator GrantAntonio Delgado-Gonzalez, PhD
Stanford University
Mapping the Spatial Proteomic Landscape of Ovarian Tumors
Mentored Investigator GrantWhitney Grither, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Examining the Role of Cancer-Associated Mesothelial Cells in Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Mentored Investigator GrantNicole Gull, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Charting Inflammasome-Driven Immune Infiltration in Homologous rRecombination-Deficient HGSOC
Mentored Investigator GrantJunzui Li, PhD
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
CD74 Mediates the Interaction between Ovarian Cancer Cells and the High Fat Metastatic Niche
Mentored Investigator GrantNicola Meagher, PhD
The University of Sydney
Equitable access to BRCA testing: an Australian national data linkage study.
Mentored Investigator GrantSonam Mittal, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Exosome Loaded eIF4A1 Dependent Translational Reprogramming in Macrophages
Mentored Investigator GrantHao Nie, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Targeting the acidic tumor microenvironment to improve PARP inhibitor efficacy in ovarian cancer
Mentored Investigator GrantMacLean Sellars, MD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Expanding the Antigen Landscape in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Mentored Investigator GrantMona Singh, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Unexplored Role of Specific Subpopulation B Cells in the Ovarian Cancer Microenvironment
Mentored Investigator GrantCristabelle De Souza, PhD
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Targeting SPP1 in the TME as a therapeutic strategy to chemosensitize ovarian tumors
Mentored Investigator GrantTibebe Antonios Teklemariam, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Targeting an epigenetic enzyme to enhance chemotherapy response in high-grade serous ovarian cancers
Collaborative Research Development Grant
Collaborative Research Development GrantBenjamin Bitler, PhD
University of Colorado – Denver
A Machine Learning Approach to Chemotherapy-induced Remodeling of the Tumor
Collaborative Research Development GrantJen-Tsan Chi, MD, PhD
Duke University
The Role of Ferroptosis in the Metastatic Ovarian Cancer
Collaborative Research Development GrantKatherine Chiappinelli, PhD
The George Washington University
Combining epigenetic therapy and multi-antigen-specific T cells to treat ovarian cancer
Collaborative Research Development GrantAlberto Ciccia, PhD
Columbia University
Defining The Impact of DNA Repair Variants on Immune-Based Therapy of Ovarian Cancer at Scale
Collaborative Research Development GrantSimon Gayther, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
iPSC Modeling of Ovarian Cancers in BRCA1 and 2 Mutation Carriers
Collaborative Research Development GrantBethany Hannafon, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Development of a Novel DCLK1-Targeted CAR-T to Prevent Ovarian Cancer Metastatic Recurrence
Collaborative Research Development GrantSelvendiran Karuppaiyah, PhD
The Ohio State University
Identification of Early Molecular Events and a Novel Biomarker for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Collaborative Research Development GrantBranden Moriarity, PhD
The Regents of the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Cytokine armored dual-CAR γδT cells target CD70 and CSPG4 in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
Collaborative Research Development GrantKristopher Sarosiek, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Targeting Apoptotic Vulnerabilities in Ovarian Cancer
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft's AI for Good Lab
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft's AI for Good LabDaniel Heller, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Perception-Based Detection of an Ovarian Cancer Disease Fingerprint
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft's AI for Good LabShayan Shams, PhD
San Jose State University
Employing AI to Predict Clinical Outcomes in Ovarian Cancer
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft's AI for Good LabShannon Westin, MD, MPH
MD Anderson Cancer Center
AI-Guided Single-Cell Transfer Learning Model to Predict Precision Medicine in Ovarian Cancer
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft AI for Health
Health Equity Research Grant
Health Equity Research GrantEmily Ko, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Implementation and Effectiveness of Supportive Care Programs to Improve Equity in Gynecologic Cancer
Health Equity Research GrantStephanie Rieder, MD, PhD
The Regents of the University of New Mexico
Advancing equity in cancer clinical trials by addressing precarity in study design
Health Equity Research GrantDavid Shalowitz, MD, MSHP
West Michigan Cancer Center
Clinician-to-Clinician Telemedical Consultation to Improve Rural Access to Gynecologic Cancer Care
Health Equity Research GrantCaroline Thompson, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A Mixed Methods Study of Diagnostic Delay in Ovarian and Uterine Cancer
Health Equity Research GrantJudith Walsh, MD, MPH
University of California – San Francisco
Barriers and Facilitators to Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis in a Diverse, Multi-ethnic Cohort
Health Equity Research GrantAbigail Zamorano, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Identifying and Addressing Distress and Unmet Needs of Gynecologic Cancer Caregivers
Rivkin Pilot Grant
Rivkin Pilot GrantLivnat Jerby, PhD
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Engineering natural killer cells to target ovarian cancer tumors via metabolite-sensing receptors
Rivkin Pilot GrantSamuel Lai, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In vivo engineering of B7-H3.CAR-T cell therapy for ovarian cancer
Rivkin Pilot GrantUtthara Nayar, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Estrogen Receptor Mutations As A Novel Biomarker For Response To Endocrine Therapy In Ovarian Cancer
Rivkin Pilot GrantZachary Levi Watson, PhD
University of Colorado Denver
The Influence Of Bone Marrow-Derived Adipocytes On Pro-Tumor Signaling And Lipid Metabolism In Ovarian Cancer
Rivkin Center/CARE Fund
Rivkin Center/CARE FundNora Disis, MD
University of Washington
A Vaccine to Prevent Ovarian Cancer Metastatic Spread
Rivkin Center/CARE FundHolly R. Harris, MPH, ScD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Identification Of Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors Among Women With Endometriosis
Rivkin Center/CARE FundMegan Shen, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Adaptation of Helping Ovarian Cancer Patients Cope (HOPE) for Clinician Burnout
Rivkin Center/CARE FundElizabeth Swisher, MD
University of Washington
Optimizing Genetic Testing Uptake And Outcomes For Hereditary Ovarian Cancer Risk
Past grantees
Early Career Investigator GrantMaria Victoria Botuyan, PhD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Probing How RAD18 and BARD1 Antagonize 53BP1 in HR DNA Repair
Rivkin Pilot GrantLori Brotto, PhD
University of British Columbia
ESense Cancer: Adapting An Online Intervention For Sexual Health Concerns To Ovarian Cancer
- Early Career Investigator Grant
Lindsay Brubaker, MD
University of Colorado – Denver
Targeting Chromobox 2 to Overcome Macrophage-induced Immune Suppression
Collaborative Research Development GrantRonald Buckanovich, MD, PhD
Magee-Womens Research Institute
Role of Macrophage-secreted BIGH3 in Tumor Immunity
- Collaborative Research Development Grant
Martin Cannon, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Understanding and Targeting Myeloid Populations in Ovarian Cancer
- Mentored Investigator Grant
Bisiayo Fashemi, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Organoids to Evaluate an Epigenetic Drug Regimen for HR Proficient Ovarian
- Collaborative Research Development Grant
Andrew K. Godwin, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicle in Ovarian Cancer
- Mentored Investigator Grant
Chae Young Han, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Detection of CA125-Negative Persistent and Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Mentored Investigator GrantAna Maria Isac, PhD
Northwestern University
2025 Mentored Investigator Grant
- Early Career Investigator Grant
Livnat Jerby, PhD
Stanford University
Targeting multifactorial immune evasion mechanisms in ovarian cancer
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft AI for HealthSohrab Shah, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Inferring Mutational Processes and Patient Stratification From Standard-of-Care Clinical Imaging
- Mentored Investigator Grant
Apoorva Uboveja, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
2023 Mentored Investigator Grant
- Mentored Investigator Grant
Xueyang Yu, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Macrophage Control of the Microenvironment Drives HGSOC Progression
- Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft AI for Health
Rugang Zhang, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
AI-guided single-cell transfer learning model to predict precision medicine in ovarian cancer